Trimming maintence on the Ryoboku

This trimming session was exclusive for the stem plants in the background which was growing tall and shaggy. They were cut back to the substrate level and the tops were replanted. Full tank shot of the one foot cube tank with Darwin the betta in the foreground.

Major Trimming Session – 23/Feb/2024

This session started with the intent to remove some of the older leaves of Bolbitis which was now covered in algae. Push comes to shove and I ended up completely removing Bolbitis from the background and sides. These places the Bolbitis was shading the other plants. Some of the Anubias and Buces came back into

Jarrarium update – 18/Feb/2024

The jarrarium has been in outdoor in diffused daylight or placed indoors for a good 2-3 weeks now. The Monte Carlo has spread and the moss is also growing.

Moss harvest and reuse

Moss trimmings from the Flooded Forest, chopped finely and reused into the Ryoboku – foot cubed tank.

Canister filter maintenance day

The last maintence was over four months ago and it was time. This was the usual routine: In addition the lily pipes and hoses were also cleaned. Lucky didn’t break any glass today. Also no bleach clean for the glass today. Just the spring washer brush was enough since the build up was not that

Cooling fan back at work

The winter is over, the day time temperature is breaching 30 deg Celsius. The day time is quite warm inside the rooms. The cooling fan has been pulled out of the attic storage. It has been sitting there for well over two years?!! The cooling fan has been mounted on the Flooded Forest. I think

Do Assasins hibernate???

I had almost given up on the Assasin snails in the tank. It’s been ages since I saw one of these buggers and I thought they had all died out. But behold, one of them and a big one popped out today. That brings the question, do these critters hibernate? I was almost thinking of

Animals of the flooded forest

Flooded forest trimming maintenance session dt 17/Jan/2024

Trimming Maintenance but no water changes This was mostly a trimming session. A number of leaves of the Bolbitis fern has started getting algae at the tips. These leaves were mostly older and of darker shades. All of these older algae covered leaves were trimmed from the rhizome. The Bolbitis was also dominating on the

Pygmy corys and strawberry rasboras

Pygmy corydoras has been regularly available but today was the first time I am seeing dwarf rasboras on AquaClubs stocking list. As usual they classified them as mosquito rasbora but most likely they are strawberry rasboras or may be dwarf rasboras. I just acquired 12 nos of Pygmy corys and 12 nos of the dwarf